From jgresens at indiana.edu Tue Jun 7 08:29:52 2005 From: jgresens at indiana.edu (Jill Gresens) Date: Sun Jun 12 18:37:45 2005 Subject: Axolotl Colony Move Update References: <4BD4692A-418C-43E0-931A-DD5BDEB5309A@indiana.edu> Message-ID: Hello everyone. As many of you know by now, we at the Axolotl Colony are beginning our relocation to the University of Kentucky. We've been getting some questions so I'm trying to send out periodic updates to keep everyone informed. Please keep your questions coming if I'm not addressing something you're curious about. Right now all you've got to do is stay tuned to our homepage http://www.indiana.edu/~axolotl and the Uronet. We'll post news there. PERSONNEL For those of you who have not had a chance to speak to them personally, Laura Muzinic will be the Associate Director; she has a Master's degree in Aquaculture. Chris Muzinic will be the Curator and he brings an extensive background in laboratory animal care. They have been training here in Bloomington for about a month now, and it is clear to us that the animals will be in very capable, caring hands. Please take a minute to drop them a line to make them feel welcome! ambystoma@uky.edu TIMELINE and PROCESS We're hoping to have the entire collection relocated to their new home in Lexington by the end of July. We'll be moving them in 4 separate batches to insure that 1 batch acclimates to their new surroundings before the next batch arrives. Colony staff (new and old) will pack/unpack and drive them to Lexington ourselves rather than using a moving company, so only axolotl experts will handle them during the move. Along those lines, please be sure to send our ice- packs back...we'll be using a lot of them during the move! HOW DOES THIS AFFECT EMBRYO USERS? During the course of the move, the Bloomington contingent will continue to perform matings with our dwindling animal population, while Chris and Laura get the animals settled in Lexington. We're HOPING to be able to be able to supply embryos from Bloomington straight up through the end of July, when we begin our usual August breeding hiatus. With a little luck, the animals should begin to mate again in September after their break. If you anticipate ordering embryos between now and the end of July, please be sure to place your orders a.s.a.p. so we can plan for you. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT LARVAE/ADULT USERS? Given our relocation schedule, it is best for you to place your orders now, and the sooner you can receive the animals, the better. We're in the process of organizing our stock, so we'll need to set aside animals for shipments made before the end of July. After July you'll need to order from the UK staff. Until the next update... Take care, -Jill Jill Gresens Assistant Director IU Axolotl Colony -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/bionet/mm/urodeles/attachments/20050607/9207ca9d/attachment.html From axolotl at indiana.edu Wed Jun 15 11:18:38 2005 From: axolotl at indiana.edu (IU Axolotl Colony) Date: Thu Jun 16 08:32:25 2005 Subject: [Urodeles] Email request for help References: Message-ID: <5712E69C-4B31-42DE-8F85-8FF1050CA1E4@indiana.edu> Hello all, We recently received this email (below). If anyone has any insight into this question, please contact Dr. Imitola directly at the email address in his signature below. Thanks for your help! -Jill Gresens IU Axolotl Colony ______________________ I am interest in obtaining information regarding the histology of axolotol forebrain. I am working in neural progenitor cells. I wondering if they have typical glial cells like astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Do you know someone that is working in this area, that have done some staining for this cells?. I have seen some coronal sections of a atlas and looks like they have a very thick germinal layer? thanks for your response and help in this matter. best regards, Jaime Imitola, M.D. Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School Center for Neurologic Diseases Department of Neurology Brigham and Women's Hospital 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur HIM Room 710 Boston, MA 02115 Telephone: 617-525-5376 Fax: 617-525-5305 >> email:jimitola@rics.bwh.harvard.edu >> http://khourylab.bwh.harvard.edu/contactus.html > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/urodeles/attachments/20050615/a5d87d42/attachment.html From axolotl at indiana.edu Wed Jun 15 11:18:38 2005 From: axolotl at indiana.edu (IU Axolotl Colony) Date: Mon Jun 27 18:28:36 2005 Subject: [Urodeles] Email request for help References: Message-ID: <5712E69C-4B31-42DE-8F85-8FF1050CA1E4@indiana.edu> Hello all, We recently received this email (below). If anyone has any insight into this question, please contact Dr. Imitola directly at the email address in his signature below. Thanks for your help! -Jill Gresens IU Axolotl Colony ______________________ I am interest in obtaining information regarding the histology of axolotol forebrain. I am working in neural progenitor cells. I wondering if they have typical glial cells like astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Do you know someone that is working in this area, that have done some staining for this cells?. I have seen some coronal sections of a atlas and looks like they have a very thick germinal layer? thanks for your response and help in this matter. best regards, Jaime Imitola, M.D. Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School Center for Neurologic Diseases Department of Neurology Brigham and Women's Hospital 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur HIM Room 710 Boston, MA 02115 Telephone: 617-525-5376 Fax: 617-525-5305 >> email:jimitola@rics.bwh.harvard.edu >> http://khourylab.bwh.harvard.edu/contactus.html > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/urodeles/attachments/20050615/a5d87d42/attachment-0002.html